Study of an electrodynamic system consisting of a laser cavity and an external weakly reflecting element

The behaviour of the electromagnetic field in a threemirror laser cavity is described using the method of integral equations. The results of numerical calculations and experimental studies for particular examples implementing the considered configuration are presented. The conditions for optimal tuning of a laser interferometer-deformograph with a three-mirror cavity are determined. The contribution of the reflected and scattered light and arising additional seismic noises to the resulting error of laser gravitational wave detectors is studied.